HealthAlliance, Live Well Kingston unite to promote healthy lifestyles

KINGSTON >> HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley has teamed with Live Well Kingston in an effort to promote and support healthier lifestyles.

In a press release, HealthAlliance said it would provide sponsorship to support Live Well Kingston in “its development of community workshops that will act to advance the health of the Kingston community.”

“The goal is to help Kingston residents achieve improved health through greater access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity,” the press release states. “HealthAlliance will take an active role in guiding the workgroups, campaigns and plans to implement this mission.”

Live Well Kingston is a coalition coordinated by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County.

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Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo said the partnership is another example of organizations coming together to make a difference.

“This is another example of an important investment in a citywide partnership that is building the capacity of our community to create changes that encourage people to make healthy lifestyle choices,” Gallo said. “The Live Well Kingston Coalition and its member organizations are enthusiastically moving the city toward being a place where healthy eating and active living become part of our culture.”

HealthAlliance said the partnership is part of its effort to keep people healthier and out of the hospital.

HealthAllaince Chief Executive Officer and President David Scarpino has said a new approach to health care by the company is to do just that.

“This partnership between HealthAlliance and Live Well Kingston can help organize a greater assortment of community resources to improve the population’s health, a central tenant of HealthAlliance’s redesign efforts,” Scarpino said in the press release. “We are excited to join this collaborative relationship with community members, organizations and business to increase and promote health and wellness.”

HealthAlliance is the parent company of Kingston’s two hospitals — the Broadway Campus (formerly Kingston Hospital) and the Mary’s Avenue Campus (formerly Benedictine).

The next meetings of the Live Well Kingston Coalition is scheduled for 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. July 9 at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in the Kingston Plaza.

To get involved in Live Well Kingston, contact Kristen Wilson at (845) 340-3990 or kew67@cornell.edu.

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